Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site is a place to learn about important themes and key events in South Carolina’s history: the cotton boom and its collapse, secession and Civil War, slavery and sharecropping, emancipation and the fight for civil rights and Reconstruction and its violent overthrow. The site provides visitors with opportunities to discover these significant stories through the perspectives of people who lived at Rose Hill, including William Henry Gist and his family, enslaved people, freedpeople and tenant farmers.
Stephanie Cohen, Interpretive Ranger
Email: rosehill@scprt.com
Phone: (864) 427-5966
Reconstruction at Rose Hill—4th Grade
This program, with a specific focus on Rose Hill Plantation, will introduce the importance of the Reconstruction Era (1866-1877) and will examine the changes brought by the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments on the lives of the people of South Carolina.
Standards: Social Studies Standards 3: 4.3 CX; Social Studies Standards 4: 4.4 P; Social Studies Standards 5: 4.5 CO, 4.5 CE, 4.5 P, 4.5 CX, 4.5E
Contact the Interpretive Ranger at Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site
Email: rosehill@scprt.com
Phone: (864) 427-5966
The historic site offers bathroom facilities and an outdoor picnic area. Rose Hill Plantation is part of the Project Green program, which is designed to introduce people to be stewards of the sites they visit by following the “Pack it in, Pack it out” philosophy. Therefore, all trash brought into park by the visiting groups should leave with the visiting
groups.
The field trip will take place entirely outside regardless of the weather conditions. Most of the program will take place on a nature trail with exposed roots and uneven surfaces. We recommend participants wear closed-toed shoes and dress for the weather. Bring bug spray during warm months and drinking water to stay hydrated.